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Chapter 94

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The Declaration

Igor’s hand was firm and warm against the back of my neck, the simple physical contact acting like a powerful circuit breaker, finally silencing the hysterical alarms ringing in my brain. The world outside that small circle—my father’s lingering, furious shout from the distance, the frantic whispers of the shocked guests, the glaring image on the screens—all faded into a dull, unimportant hum.

“Let’s go,” he had said, and I was ready. I leaned into his touch, already taking the
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  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 95

    EscapeThe silence that followed Igor’s declaration—“I am burning my ships for him. He has nothing now, and I will match his emptiness with my own, until we have built something new together. We are leaving. Together.”—lasted only a few agonizing seconds. It was a silence born of pure, stunned disbelief. Then, the shock wave rebounded, and the ballroom noise returned, louder and more chaotic than before. It wasn’t just gossip now; it was a full-blown sensation.Igor didn't wait for the reaction to fully hit. He was a man of decision, and having made the most dangerous decision of his life, his focus immediately shifted to logistics. His hand, which had been holding mine in that defiant, public clasp, now tugged sharply, pulling me forward.“Stay close,” he commanded, his voice a low, urgent rumble right next to my ear. “Keep your head down, but don’t run. We walk.”He didn't just walk; he became a force of nature, a solid wall of purpose. He moved swiftly, weaving a path that was not

  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 94

    The DeclarationIgor’s hand was firm and warm against the back of my neck, the simple physical contact acting like a powerful circuit breaker, finally silencing the hysterical alarms ringing in my brain. The world outside that small circle—my father’s lingering, furious shout from the distance, the frantic whispers of the shocked guests, the glaring image on the screens—all faded into a dull, unimportant hum.“Let’s go,” he had said, and I was ready. I leaned into his touch, already taking the first step to follow him toward the exit, needing only the privacy of the street and the car to finally break down.But Igor didn’t continue. Just as we began to move, he stopped us dead. He shifted his stance, turning his body slightly so that we were fully facing the chaotic remnants of the ballroom. He was forcing the attention back onto us, defying the narrative of shame and retreat.“We are not simply leaving, Killian,” he murmured, his eyes sweeping across the horrified faces of the onlook

  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 93

    Igor Steps ForwardI had taken three deliberate steps away from the stage, walking directly through the open circle of space the terrified elite crowd had created around me. My father’s words—the public disownment—had stripped me bare, and I felt exposed, yet strangely weightless. I was nothing now, and in that nothingness, I was everything I had ever wanted to be.My gaze was locked on the distant archway where Igor had been waiting. I saw the dark shape of his figure, perfectly still, absorbing the collective trauma of the room. He was my compass, the only fixed point in the dizzying chaos.Just as I started walking faster, pushing past the periphery of the nearest tables, Igor finally moved.It wasn't a sudden dash or a panicked flight. It was a slow, measured, absolutely determined stride. He stepped away from the relative shelter of the wall and began walking directly into the center of the disaster, straight toward me.The crowd noticed immediately. Their focus, which had been s

  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 92

    Killian’s IsolationI stood frozen on the first step of the stage, my father’s final, savage words echoing not in the room, but in the suddenly hollow space of my own chest. “You are disowned. You will receive nothing.”He had just marched away, his security detail shielding his shame from the remaining onlookers, leaving me utterly alone under the full, cold glare of the ballroom’s remaining lights. The two massive presentation screens behind me still screamed the evidence of my betrayal—Igor and me, standing close, our faces too soft, too real.The noise of the crowd had momentarily died down after my father’s decree, replaced by a dense, suffocating silence. It was a vacuum created by the sheer magnitude of the social explosion. I was the core of that vacuum, the exposed wire in the wreckage.I slowly lifted my eyes and surveyed the room. The elite audience was no longer scrambling for escape or arguing over the merger. They were fixed on me.They were everywhere: the corporate riv

  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 91

    Eleanor LeavesThe Grand Ballroom was no longer an elegant venue; it was a pressurized, echoing cage. The sounds of breaking glass and security whistles mixed with the collective, furious clamor of hundreds of voices shouting the news into cell phones. The sheer volume of the chaos made the air feel thin and sharp.Eleanor stood motionless near the gilded exit doors, a figure of calm geometry amidst the swirling panic. Her dark gown, chosen deliberately to blend into the shadows of the velvet drapery, made her virtually invisible to the frantic crowd and the swiveling cameras. She had watched every agonizing second of the disaster, from the moment Serena took the microphone to the final, chilling declaration of disownment by Mr. Hayes.She took a slow, measured breath, savoring the acrid scent of ruin that now permeated the air—a mix of expensive champagne and crushed ambition. The massive screens still glowed with the undeniable photo evidence, bathing the central area of the room in

  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 90

    The DisownmentI had only just taken the first step toward leaving the stage, my whole body oriented toward the chaos and toward Igor, when the sound of my father's rage finally broke free of its focus on the public humiliation and centered entirely on me.His security team, two massive men in dark suits, had a shaky grip on his arms, trying to steer him away from the precipice of the stage, but he fought them off like a wild, trapped animal. He spun around, his attention snapping away from the furious, pointing finger of the crowd and landing with lethal force on my figure. His face was a mask of pure, absolute murder—the mask I had dreaded seeing for thirty years.He didn’t scream. The volume had peaked when he addressed Igor. Now, he lowered his voice, forcing the words out with a terrible, slow, and measured control that was far more chilling than any shout. The silence in the immediate vicinity of the stage, where the most important guests were seated, allowed his every syllable

  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 20

    The Penthouse SanctuaryThe address Igor had texted me was two hundred miles away from the university’s quiet campus, in the wealthiest district of the city, a neighborhood where my father's money was considered merely "comfortable," but Igor Thorne’s fortune was the law. The building itself was a

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  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 21

    The Lie to LeoThe scent of stale beer and popcorn was the closest thing I had to a safe harbor outside of Igor’s penthouse. Leo and I were sprawled across the worn sofa in his off-campus apartment, a place perpetually smelling of takeout and desperation, watching some ridiculously loud action movi

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  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 17

    The Morning AfterI woke slowly, not to the blare of a football alarm or the synthetic scent of the Hayes Mansion, but to warmth, silence, and the heavy, solid weight of an arm draped across my chest.My eyes fluttered open. I was tucked into a plush king-sized bed, the expensive white sheets twist

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  • Teach me to desire    Chapter 18

    Serena's Initial SuspicionThe tension in the air at the Hayes Mansion wasn't the usual, heavy kind that came from my father's disapproval; it was a new, sharp, nervous energy that originated entirely from me. Since leaving Igor’s penthouse, I felt like I was constantly vibrating at a different fre

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